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Wii Fit


Question Posted Thursday June 19 2008, 3:32 pm

Hello. I love playing video games and my grandmother recently bought me a Wii. Wii Fit looks quite interesting to me, it would get me off the couch to do SOMETHING, ya know? Well I read recently that there is a 300 pound weight limit: however I'm not sure how trust worthy the site was, but I exceed the weight limit, significantly. I'm not like 400 pounds but I definitely am well over the "300 limit". Is it possible to still play if you are over 300? Because I'd really like to. No smart ass remarks please. Thanks.

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stephienmattx2 answered Friday June 20 2008, 12:38 am:
ok well my husband says to call the company it should be on the box it came in. I am also aware that it is only saying that for your safety like you know when an elevator says none over 3000pounds i always thought that was silly like is there really gonna be someone 3000pounds on an elavator. I dont think it would hurt to slowly try doing it though much love

stephie

hoped i helped

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EverythingIsAllrightx3 answered Thursday June 19 2008, 5:56 pm:
This is from an interview with one of the creators of it.

"The one other point that I probably should explain is that, in Japan, you might notice on the Wii Fit box that the Balance Board is rated to 136 kilograms, or 300 pounds, whereas here in North America if you look at the Wii Fit box it is rated to 330 pounds, which is 150 kilograms. So, looking at the boxes, you would think that the Balance Board was made stronger for here in the United States. In fact, Japan has a law called the law of weights in measures, where scale manufacturers have to submit their products for certification from the government, and the standards that they were using at the time, 300 pounds was the standard for a household scale. So in order for the Balance Board to receive certification from the Japanese government under this weights and measures law, we had to certify it at a level of 300 pounds. Because the United States does not have that law, we’re able to state that it functions at 330 pounds, despite the fact that the boards are exactly the same in the two countries.

Also, because when you’re standing on the Balance Board for some of the activities you don’t quite jump but you squat and exert different amounts of pressure on the Balance Board, the actual physical structure of the board is able to withstand much greater weights of around probably 660 pounds. The weight that it can accurately measure is 330 pounds."

So yeah,you'll be fine to use it =]

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